Canoes across from Tourists Home, c1903
Photograph
Three images marked "Kit Lane Glass Plate."
1. Print of a photo of three canoes, loaded with people, paddle toward the west side of the Kalamazoo River. Two women standing on a dock are also turned to face the camera. In the background, across the river, is the Tourists Home lodging. Tourists Home hotel visible across the river.
2. Digital scan of a photo of three women in a canoe approaching the shore. The middle woman is wearing a wide-brimmed hat tilted at a sharp angle on her head. Docks, sailing ships and steam ships are visible across the river in Saugatuck village.
3. Digital scan of a photo of two blurry women sitting on a bench near the west-side chain ferry landing. Across the river the Tourist Home, Simonson Studio #2, tents and a steamship are in focus.
2024.04.20
Print, photograph
Mt. Baldhead Hotel 1933-1959/Tourists' Home 1901Simonson Studio #2
Kalamazoo River
A digital version of this image is captioned "Kit Lane glass plate ca 1903 Tourist Home in back." This image likely shows very early resorters or Camp Grey visitors having fun in borrowed canoes.
1880 Tourism steamship era -1930
Winthers, Sally
2024.04
Found in Collection
6 in
8 in
075 Historical Photographs
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